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22 February 2016

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WP:DUCK in Sudip Bose-related pages. This may be an incomplete list as have not had time to check article history very far. Coretheapple (talk) 13:58, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Given that this is a one-article sock farm going back multiple years (these are only the most recent accounts), and the request for information will be somewhat time-consuming to comply with, if it's OK I'd like to hold this in abeyance until after the AfD is determined (or in the alternative that a checkuser be conducted). If the article is deleted, this SPI becomes more or less moot. If not, I can proceed gathering diffs for these seven IPs/accounts. Coretheapple (talk) 23:19, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

OK, here we go. These are all new accounts, created one after the other for the sole purpose of working on the article on this one marginally notable person. Their contributions are entirely confined to that person. Representative diffs: OK that's it. Again, I request that this SPI be retitled to make Bosesudip the sockmaster. My apologies for not doing so originally. I hadn't quite gotten my "ducks" in a row before filing this SPI. Coretheapple (talk) 23:52, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Utsavde39: first edit one week ago, edits confined to Sudip Bose. Representative diff, first edit:
 * JohnMaresh: Account created 2-22-16, contributions confined to Sudip Bose and deletion discussion. !votes"keep," surprise surprise
 * Sitaray: Edits confined to Sudip Bose except for this one. Claims here to be the creator of the Sudip Bose article, when that was in fact . Discloses again that he identical to article creator Bosesudip here. Proposed re-creation of Sudip Bose after recent deletion here.
 * Bosesudip: See diff above from Sitaray, in which Sitaray inadvertently indicated that they are Bosesudip. Bosesudip created article, 2007, seven edits, all confided to Sudip Bose. Representative diff Please note that as the article creator and earliest socking account, this SPI should really list this user (Bosesudip) as the sockmaster. I've added him to this case.
 * RichardBotnen: One contribution, four days ago, removing maintenance tags.
 * Anirbankk: Two contributions, both November 2015, one on his user page and the other the article
 * 115.118.30.154 All contributions in this article. Representative diff
 * 115.118.12.66 All contributions to this article. Representative diff

Please note that Sudip Bose deleted per this deletion discussion, and was immediately proposed for re-creation at AfC by User:Sitaray sock account. Hence this SPI is not moot; subject of article is determined to create this article. Coretheapple (talk) 18:21, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * It's interesting to note that claims here to be the creator of the Sudip Bose article, when that was in fact . Cordless Larry (talk) 06:48, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

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 * - In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
 * 1) At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
 * 2) At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
 * 3) In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this.  Vanjagenije   (talk)  22:23, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
 * - Please, compare four non-stale accounts (Utsavde39, JohnMaresh, Sitaray, RichardBotnen).  Vanjagenije  (talk)  23:23, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Those four accounts are ✅ matches to one another. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 02:52, 4 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I blocked and tagged confirmed accounts. Closing the case.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  00:04, 9 March 2016 (UTC)